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VOLUME 56
Campaigning Is
Back In Georgia
Political Arena
Between now and the Nov. 3
general election, it will be more
of the same in Georgia’s political
arena — campaigning. Once the
runoffs were decided, the win
ners, as well as those who won
in the Sept. 9 primary without a
runoff but didn’t know who their
opponent would be, quickly went
into action once more.
For example. Democratic gub
ernatorial nominee Jimmy Car
ter, who defeated former Gov.
Carl E. Sanders by a wide mar
gin, immediately challenged his
Republican opponent, Hal Suit,
to a television debate. Suit, a
20-year veteran of radio and
television newscasting, promptly
accepted.
The debate lias been scheduled
on an hour-long statewide tele
vision and radio hookup Oct. 9
originating at WSB-TV in Atlanta
at 7:30 p.m.
Carter, whose full name is
James Earl Carter, Jr., is a
peanut farmer-businessman
from the small South Georgia
town of Plains and is a former
state senator. Suit, former WSB
TV news director, is a new
comer to politics and is seeking
his first public office.
Ironically, Carter repeatedly
refused to accept a challenge
by Sanders during the runoff to
debate on television. But Bill
Pope, Carter’s press aide, ex
plained that one reason there
was no Sanders-Carter debate
was a concern by Carter that
the debate would turn into “a
blood-bath” that would divide
the Democratic party.
Now, however, Carter has San
ders in his corner. The former
governor, on the night of his
defeat in the runoff, went to
Carter’s headquarters and con
gratulated him, offered his sup
port and said he would do any
thing he could to help him win
in the November general election.
Said Sanders: ‘‘You have run a
great race, and I’m proud of
you.” Replied Carter: “I have
never run against a more worthy
opponent. 1 look forward to work
ing with you side by side.”
In the only other statewide
runoff, which featured two vet
eran members of the Georgia
House, Johnnie Caldwell of
Thomaston defeated Mac Barber
of Commerce for the Democratic
nomination for comptroller gen
eral. Caldwell meets lewis John
son of Stone Mountain in the
general election race for the
post vacated by Jimmy Bentley,
whom Hal Suit trounced for the
GOP nomination for governor.
In the lieutenant governor’s
race there was no runoff neces
sary' in either party. Gov. Lester
G. Maddox, who won handily the
Democratic nomination for the
No. 2 office, faces Sen. Frank
Miller of DeKalb County in the
November general election.
They, like all others who will
be on the ballot in November,
are back on the campaign trail
doing more of the same -- cam
paigning.
Cindy Nelson New
Home Economist
In Wheeler County
Since the resignation of Mrs.
Rebecca Walker as Wheeler
County Extension Home Econo
mist, Miss Cindy Nelson has
been named to fill this position.
Miss Nelson is from Hawkins
ville. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Nelson
and has one sister.
After graduating from Haw
kinsville High School, she at
tended Middle Georgia College
two years and received an As
sociate of Science in Home
Economics. She then transferred
to the University of Georgia
where she graduated this spring
with a Bachelor of Science in
Home Economics. Miss Nelson
says she has always been in
terested in Extension work and
decided to go into it after grad
uation.
Although she has only been
here a short while, she says
she likes Wheeler County and
is eager to meet everyone in
the county.
Wheeler County Eagle
New Facility For Georgia Veterans
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WASHINGTON I'. S. Senator Richard R. Russell joins Georgia State Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler, and National \ \ Administrator Donald E. Johnson (Left) in
admiring an architect's drawing of the new veterans nursing home facility to be con
structed at Milledgeville. The new building, containing 47,000 square feet of floor space,
will be named in honor of the Georgia Senior Senator and will provide much-needed care
and accommodations for 132 veterans. Groundbreaking is scheduled for December.
Helena State
Patrol Post
Gives Report
Sergeant H. J. Holland of the
Helena State Patrol Post announ
ced today that his post has in
vestigated 4 traffic accidents,
made 71 arrests and issued 89
warnings in Telfair county during
September.
Commenting further Sgt.
Holland said 3 persons were
injured in the 4 accidents along
with 1 other killed.
Estimated property damage
amounted to $6400.00.
Also the post commander said
a total of 48 pending traffic
cases were disposed in the Ord
inary court with the following
dispositions; 6 guilty pleas, 16
bond forfeitures, 0 dismissed,
0 no record, and 21 nolo con
tendere pleas.
Also Sgt. Holland pointed out
that fines and forfeitures amount
ed to $1965.00 which were paid
to the Ordinary court of Telfair
County.
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S. E. Fair Features
Standard Oil Exhibit
ATLANTA (PRN)-A
special feature of the
Southeastern Fair which will
be open through October 10,
will be Standard Oil’s
ecological exhibit.
The theme of this road
show is “Standard Oil- a
pleasant neighbor,” and the
exhibit illustrates Standard
Oil’s environmental
contributions.
Most popular attraction in
the exhibit is an unusual
aquarium with all sorts of sea
life living in water flown from
the Standard Oil Refinery in
Pascagoula, Mississippi. The
water used to refine Chevron
gasolines at the Pascagoula
I refinery is in the tank to
illustrate that it is treated to
be sure it is clean before
i returning it to the natural
i environment.
1 Another display shows the
i company’s all new service
station design featuring
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Hazlehurst FFA
Member Is Star
American Farmer
‘ When I became a Future Far
mer of America member in 1964,
1 didn’t really have much interest
in it.” Those are the words of
19 year old Albert Wildes of
Hazlehurst, who went on to be
come State FFA president and
this month was named Star Farm
er of the Southern Region by
the FFA Board of Directors and
National Officers.
As Star Farmer, Wildes will
receive a cash award of SSOO at
tlie National FFA Convention in
Kansas City, Mo., Octoter 13-
16. At that time, one of the four
Regional Star Farmers will be
named Star Farmer of America
and will receive an additional
SSOO. A committee of judges
composed of outstanding leaders
in bus mess, agriculture and edu
cation will meet in Kansas City
during the afternoon of October
15 to select the top winner.
minimal signing, clean lines,
attractive landscaping and an
overall look that compliments
the surrounding environments.
A simulated tree, 16 feet
tall, outlined in tiny bug
lights, draws the public’s
attention to the overall
exhibit. A park bench
underneath the tree invites
passersby to stop for a rest.
The entire ecological
display sets on Chevron
artificial grass, a product
similar to the artifual turf
used in the Astrodome and
other sports playing fields.
Standard manufactures the
polyloom fibers for the turf
and sells them to carpet
makers who manufacture and
market it. Chevron grass will
be installed at many Standard
service stations.
The exhibit, after leaving
Atlanta on October 10, will be
displayed at fairs in Tampa
and Jacksonville.
Literacy, Alcohol
Problems Topics
For Baptist Women
Literacy missions and alcohol
problems will be topics of study
at the Georgia Baptist Woman’s
Missionary Union house party,
Oct. 9-10 at Rock Eagle 4-H
Center near Eatonton.
I The meeting will also feature
institutes for teachers of graded
mission study books and study
I sessions for workers in WMU
age group organizations.
Literacy missions preparation
1 sessions will lie led by two women
who are experienced in this area:
1 Mrs. Charles Walker, Macon;
and Mrs. Ernest L. Miller, At
lanta. Mrs. Miller has alsotaught
‘ non-English speaking persons to
L read English.
Dr. W. Lowry Anderson from
the Georgia Council on Alcohol
Problems, Atlanta, will speak
in a general session Friday night.
Foreign Mission appointees
will also be featured. They are
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams,
.. formerly of Newnan, who will
serve in Honduras; and Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Branan, Philippines.
Both missionary families are
in orientation at Callaway Gar
dens, sponsored by the Southern
Baptist Foreign Mission Board.
Study leaders for mission book
institutes are: Miss Kate Ellen
Gruver, Atlanta, Home Mission
Board; Mrs. Jean Hagan Smith,
Atlanta; Miss Hazel Grady, min
ister of education, Oakhurst Bap
tist Church, Atlanta; Miss
Delores Lynn, elementary direc
tor, First Baptist Church, Dalton.
Also the Rev. Lawrence E.
Webb, secretary of public rela
tions, Georgia Baptist Con
vention. Miss Jeanette Hatcher,
Albany Junior College faculty,
Albany; and Mrs. Larry
Varnadoe, Port Wentworth.
Leaders ’ manuals will be
taught by Frank lawton, Southern
Baptist Brotherhood Commis
sion, Memphis, Tenn.; Miss Betty
■ Dubberly, director, Mission
Friends and Girls in Action for
Georgia WMU; Mrs. Troy Acree,
Douglasville, WMU executive
board member.
Also Miss Evelyn Blount, Ac
teens director for Georgia WMU;
Mrs. Don Scarborough, Macon,
executive board member; Mrs.
I. W. Bowen, state WMU presi
dent, Forsyth; and Miss Dorothy
Pryor, executive secretary
treasurer, Georgia WMU.
William E. White
Receives Medal
Navy petty Officer First
Class William E. White, son of
Mrs. J. C. McCraken of Lumber
City, was presented the Navy
Achievement Medal at the Marine
Corps Air Station, Iwakuni,
Japan.
He received the award for his
superior professional perfor
mance in Vietnam from May,
1969 to June, 1970.
ADVERTISE IN THE EAGLE
FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 1970
Autumn Splendor
Soon Will Reach
Peak In Georgia
When (Alfred) Joyce Kilmer
(1886-1918) wrote the immortal
words, “I think that I shall never
see a poem lovely as a tree,”
he must have been inspired by
the same magnificent autumn col
ors which soon will attract liter
ally thousands of visitors to
Georgia’s state parks and
forests.
Autumn colors, according to
the U. S. Forest Service, will
be at their peak around mid-
October in North Georgia state
parks, gradually flowing from
the mountains southward like
watercolor from a colossal paint
brush.
There are numerous locations
for viewing color in the 618,000-
acre Chattahoochee National
Forest, and in such state paries
as Amicalola Falls, Black Rock
Mountain, Moccasin Creek,
Blackburn, Cloudland Canyon and
Fort Mountain there areamazing
panoramic views.
Farther south, Jack Frost cre
ates dazzling leaf color displays
at Indian Springs, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Hard labor Creek,
Fort Yargo and Little Ocmulgee
State Paries. Here the visitor
finds rainbows of color along
numerous streams where tinted
trees are interspersed with the
green ofthenever-changingpines
and magnolias, it was pointed out.
‘There just isn’t anything to
compare with Georgia’s autumn
splendor,” observed State Parks
Director John L. Gordon. ‘‘We
hope Georgians, especially those
who have never witnessed this
phenomenon, will come and see
Georgia nature at its zenith. Our
state parks beckon to them.”
Federal Grants
Given Approval
For Ga. Projects
Some of the money Georgians
have been sending to Washington
is coming back to Georgia in the
form of grants. Here are some
recent examples:
The A. G. Rhodes Home, a
long-term nursing care facility
in Atlanta, has received a $652,
500 grant from the Department
of Health, Education and Welfare,
according to the Washington of
fices of U. S. Senators Herman
E. Talmadge and Richard B.
Russell.
The grants, made available
under the Hill-Burton Act, will
be used in the home’s expans ion
from 91 beds to 125 beds. The
total cost of the expansion pro
ject is $1,426,209.
Senators Talmadgeandßussell
also announced approval by HEW
of a SIO,OOO grant to finance 20
student awards under the Higher
Education Act of 1965. The sena
tors said the funds will be used
for operation of a college work
study program.
From the Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development
comes grapts totaling more than
$B.l-million for low rent public
housing in Georgia.
The largest grant, $6,606,176,
went to Atlanta for construction
of 300 units of low rent housing.
Rapid Reading
Class To Begin
Rapid and developmental read
ing is being offered at Brewton
Parker College during the Fall
Quarter according to Dean Aaron
H. Swain. The two and one-half
hours per week program will be
offered at 4 p.m. and at 8 p.m.
on Tuesdays beginning on Oct.
13. College credit will be given
for those desiring to enroll at
Brewton Parker College.
The reading course will last
for eight weeks and is designed
to increase both vocabulary and
comprehension. A person should
be able to increase his reading
speed from three to five times
the present rate according to a
spokesman. Cost of the course
will be sllO.
For further information about
the program, those interested
should call Dean Swain at Brew
ton Parker College.
Georgia Peace Officers Assoc.
To Meet In Augusta Oct. 11-13
The 70th annual state conven
tion of the Peace Officers As
sociation of Georgia, which will
be held Oct. 11-13 in Augusta,
will have a distinct political
aroma. Here’s why:
All nominees for statewide of
fices of both the Democratic
and Republican parties have been
invited to attend the convention
where they will be formally intro
duced to delegates -of the 10,000-
member law enforcement organ- |
ization, according to Major E. D.
Mink, POAG secretary-treas
urer.
These specially invited guests
include candidates for governor,
lieutenant governor, attorney
general, comptroller general,
commissioner of agriculture,
secretary of state, state school
superintendent, public service
commissioners and state
treasurer.
The featured speaker at the
opening session of the convention
will be Georgia’s U. S. Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge, long an
outspoken advocate of restoration
es law and order as a means to
curbing the spreading crime wave
in the nation. He is an honorary
life member of POAG.
Another featured speaker will
be Georgia Congressman W. S.
Stuckey, Jr. And then, at the
annual banquet, which climaxes
the three-day convention, Gov.
Lester G. Maddox will be prin
cipal speaker.
A special feature on the ban
quet program will be the presen
tation of POAG Life Membership
Beef Month In Ga.
Georgia Governor Lester
Maddox has proclaimed October
as BEEF Month in Georgia.
Issuing his proclamation from
his Atlanta office, the governor
noted that Georgia ranks 17th
in the nation in the production
of beef, yet produces less than
60 percent of the beef consumed
in the state.
October BEEF Month is an
annual promotional effort by the
Georgia Cattlemen’s Associ
ation, which represents most of
the state’s cattle producers.
Headquartered in Perry, the
Georgia Cattlemen plan several
BEEF’ demonstrations during the
month. In store displays, showing
the various cuts and types of
beef available will also be erect
ed across the state in grocery
stores and supermarkets.
The governor’s proclamation
also notes that BEEF is one of
the state’s largest agricultural
commodities and the livestock
industry accounts for a whopping
60 percent of the total output of
Georgia’s farms.
One way to get anead and
stay ahead is use your head.
SPURGEON RICHARDSON
Six Flags P.R. Men To
Promote Cracker Crumble
ATLANTA (PRN)-Spurg
eon Richardson, director of
public relations, and Don
Daniel, publicity director,
respectively, of Six Flags Over
Georgia, have accepted the
responsibility of handling
promotion and publicity for
the eighth annual Cracker
Crumble, political spoof
sponsored by the Georgia
Press Association.
The annual dinner-show
event is scheduled Saturday,
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awards. These will be presented
to Gov. Maddox and Rep. James ;
H. FloydofTrion(bothhonorary),
and to State Patrol Cpl. Dave ;
Higingbotham, current POAG
president; Lieut. Col. L. G. Bell, i
deputy of the Georgia Department .
of Public Safety; Hawkinsville ;
Police Chief James T. Bragg, j
and Burke County Sheriff Otis
J. Cliett of Waynesboro, retired.
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W.L. Bowen Dies
Monday In Hospital
Funeral services were held
from the Mcßae United Methodist
Church Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.,
for William Loren Bowen, a
prominent resident and business
man in Mcßae for 58 years,
who died in the Telfair County
Hospital Monday morning after
suffering from emphysema for
many years.
Services were conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. J. W. Hern
don with burial in Oak Grove
Cemetery. Harris and Smith
Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Claude
Hawkins, Bob Wright, John Davis,
Dr. George Callihan, E.B. Smith,
D. Q. Harris, Jeff Smith 111, Tom
Graydon and Jimmy Walker.
Honorary pallbearers included
members of the Mcßae Rotary
Club, the Mcßae Elks Lodge,
the Men’s Bible Class, Walter
Vaughn, Harry Berman, J. B.
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DON DANIEL
October 31, at Atlanta’s
Regency Hyatt House and is
open to the public.
‘‘We are more than happy
to have these experts on the
Crumble team,” said Glenn
McCullough, GPA manager
and producer of the show.
“With Richardson and
Daniel handling promotion for
the show in the Six Flags
tradition, a sell-out crowd can
be safety anticipated,” he
added.
NUMBER 27
In between all this, there will
be reports on such matters as
legislation, youth programs, pen
sion fluids, adoption of reso
lutions and the election of of
ficers for the ensuing year. The
convention is dedicated to the
memory of Augusta Police Of
ficer Jimmy O. Harris who lost
his life in the line of duty Jan.
18.
Fletcher, H. L. Boyd, R. L.
Brown, Foster Poore, Dr. Fred
A. Smith, H. B. Williams, Bethel
Harbin, Lee Willcox, Hilton Col
eman, R. K. White, Dr. S. T.
Parkerson, D. L. McLaughlin,
Hugh E. Andrews, Duncan Clegg,
John Stamps, Jr., Bill Hunt, D.
A. Johnson, EwartHinson, Walter
Dyal, W. F. McEachin, Alex P.
Smith, Wimbric Walker, Jack M.
Walker, R. L. Nix, J. T. Wade,
Valda Wooten and James Pope.
Mr. Bowen was bom in Bulloch
County on January 11,1891, the
son of John B. and Sarah Jane
Neville Bowen, both members
of prominent pioneer families.
He came to Mcßae in 1912 when
he purchased the jewelry
business from his cousin, the
late D. R. Dekle, and has owned
the business known as Bowen
Jewelers since that time.
Mr. Bowen was a member of
the Mcßae Methodist Church
where he sang in the choir for
more than twenty years. He was
a charter member and past presi
dent of the Mcßae Rotary Club
and also served as its secretary
treasurer for seven and one
half years. He had a perfect
attendance record of twenty-five
years at the time he retired
due to ill health. He was a
member of City Council for 15
years, serving as Mayor Pro-
Tern; was a charter member of
the Mcßae Elks Lodge and a
former Mason and Shriner.
Mr. Bowen and his late father
in-law, Mr. W. D. Horton, pur
chased The Telfair Enterprise
in 1921, and when Mr. Horton
retired in 1935 Mr. Bowen
became sole owner, editing and
publishing the paper until the
time of his death.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Miss Susie Emmett
Horton; a daughter, Mrs. Fred
W. Board of Atlanta; two sons,
William Loren Bowen, Jr., and
Edwin Horton Bowen, of Mcßae;
five grandchildren, Mrs. Ware
Evans, Jr., of Dublin, Fred W.
Board HI of Atlanta, Bill Bowen
111, Edwin Horton Bowen, Jr.,
and Gary Neal Bowen of Mcßae;
two great-grandchildren, Paige
and Mike Evans of Dublin; two
sisters, Mrs. D, W. Denmark
and Mrs. J. I. Aycock of States
boro; and a number of nieces
and nephews.
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